chrisgaff1000 - A good link that shows that there are millions of dollars more being given to these people than the Government wants us to believe.

Here it is again for people to see for them self.

http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/delivering-assistance/settlement-grants/funded-orgs-previous.htm

I see $300,000 went to the Casework/Coordination and delivery of services and Ethno- Specific services to all eligible SGP African clients in Inner Melbourne and Greater Dandenong City SSDs.
This one is where that 15YO African kid probably got the money to buy the knife he used to stab the boy in Cranbourne on Saturday night.

Why am I paying for their leisure activities via my rates?
Shouldn't people who support illegal immigration at least do the decent thing and buy leisure and health club memberships out of their own pocket then give them as gifts to the TPV holders?

From Preston Leader 25/2/2014
A “COMMUNITY passport” is giving asylum seekers free swimming classes and healthcare in Darebin.
Asylum seekers can show the passports to access services free of charge through the Darebin Asylum Seeker Support Project, including access to swimming and the gymnasium at Northcote Aquatic Centre.

Neighbourhood houses, leisure centres and health providers have signed on to the Darebin Ethnic Communities Council’s initiative, launched late last year.

Chairman Nalliah Suriyakumaran said 95 passports had been handed out to people so far.

“It’s a welcoming document, like a membership card, providing a sense of belonging. It’s also a directory of local services that have agreed to open their doors to asylum seekers.

“Nobody has been given federal funding to do this, we’re doing this because we’re Darebin people trying to help new Darebin people.”

More than 200 asylum seekers from Darebin and Whittlesea — the majority from Iran and Sri Lanka — have registered at an asylum seeker welcome lounge at the Darebin Intercultural Centre in Preston.

Several other initiatives are also showing support for asylum seekers, including:

Men’s Shed, which provides free second-hand bicycles to asylum seekers;

Centre, which

Leisure offers $5 weekly unlimited access to the pool and gym; and,

Darebin Response Project, which collects community donations to buy myki cards, movie tickets and fund housing costs for asylum seekers. For more information on the Darebin Response Project, visit thedarebinresponse.org

To become a volunteer with the Darebin Asylum Seeker Support Project, contact the Darebin Intercultural Centre on 8470 8440

Whilst I do not agree with people being illegal immigrants.

Our country has hazards that many immigrants and even individuals from another state do not know about.

Learning how to swim, use to be standard at school, learning about water hazards, poisoness creatures.

As a kid I remember a family dying from eating the toad fish that they had caught.

Jay Of Melbourne - Quote "Leisure offers $5 weekly unlimited access to the pool and gym"

"Asylum seekers can show the passports to access services free of charge through the Darebin Asylum Seeker Support Project, including access to swimming and the gymnasium at Northcote Aquatic Centre."

A quick check of the Northcote Aquatic Centre website.
Aquatic casual entry 10 Visit Pass Adult $48.50
Health club entry 10 Visit Pass Adult $144.60

So these people get all that for nothing (or $5 per week your post is confusing),That is one council that needs to be made accountable.

I can understand if private enterprises want to give things away for free, but using ratepayers to subsidize a small group is wrong especially when they get the dole and other things via the charities

Phillip S, yeah but it's not really "these people" it's "these men", over 90% of illegals are men.
http://m.heraldsun.com.au/news/afghani-asylum-seeker-mohammed-salem-nazari-pleads-guilty-to-two-charges-of-indecent-assault-of-seven-teenage-girls/story-fnii5s3y-1226825189968

JOM - It appears some like volume you can add this dirt bag from 2011
"an asylum seeker indecently assaulted girls at Darwin's wave pool.
The Iranian man indecently assaulted six schoolgirls at the pool on the Darwin waterfront "